Whip-lash attachment



(No Model.)

J.J.BOHLER.

WHIP LASH ATTACHMENT.

No. 375,984. Patented Jan. 3, 1888;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. BOHLER, OF VVESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHlP-LASH ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 375,984, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed October 8, 1887 Serial No. 25l,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. BOHLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vtestfield,

in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Lash Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation ,to whips;'and it consists in the novel construction of a snap, as hereinafter specified and claimed.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view ofa whip, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of my improved snap ready to be applied to a broken whip.

Referring to the said drawings by letter, A designated a whip with my improved lash attached thereto.

B indicates the place ofjunction.

0 indicates the whip-snap ready to be applied to a whip needing repair.

Carriage-whips are now usually constructed with a stock or handle of wood, metal, or leather of considerable rigidity and terminating in asnap of closely-woven fibrous material, so that when in their sockets or the drivers hands the whip appears curved, as represented in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The usual method of construction consists in covering the whipstock with the same material that constitutes the snap by weaving the same closely around it, and then after passing the body of the stock This mode of construction is subject to the defect that in case the whip breaks or becomes too badly worn for use the whip is useless and is necessarily thrown away. To remedy this defect is the object of my invention. I-construct a snap of the description shown on Fig. 2 of the draw,- ings and marked 0. This snap is preferably formed ofclosely-knitted fibrous material, and is provided at its outer end with a snap, 0, composed of loose threads. The opposite end of this soap is constructed with a loop, as shown at g, and also a removable loop, 1 the free end of which is composed of loose threads, as represented, to provide for ready attachment to the whip. It will be observed that when in use these loops 9 and 3 are united by passing one loop through the eye of the other. v

My method of attaching the snap to a broken or useless whip is as follows: 1 first sever the useless portion from the whip proper and cut away or trim the upper end of the whip sufficiently to render it somewhat pointed. I next wax said pointed end,and also the loose threads of the loop 3 and then, after arranging said loose threads carefully around the pointed end of the whip, wrap said threads closely and se curely around the whip-point by waxed thread, wire, or any other suitable means.

It will be observed that my invention is not especially designed for use in the manufacture of whips; but it is intendedmainly for the repair of whips that have been broken or rendered useless by wear.

Having described my invention,what I claim As an improved article of manufacture, the

whip-snap (J, provided with a loose threaded .outer end and with the loopsg and y, the free ends of the latter having loose threads for attachment to a whip, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. BOHLER.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. ELY, CHARLES F. ELY. 

